HBO Sets July Date For Hopkins Return

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Boxing scribe Dan Rafael reports that HBO has reserved July 14 as a pay-per-view return date for Bernard Hopkins (47-4-1, 32 KOs). [details]

[Phantasm]

Damn, all those fights are good and he's capable of winning them all. I feel for O'Neil Bell tho...the guy has been inactive for too long.

[RisAri0]

Hopkins, Jones, & Calzaghe should all make a deal together and bring us classic match ups..who cares how old they are, it'd be great for the sport..

[Ash-Mckean]

Hopkins, Jones, & Calzaghe should all make a deal together and bring us classic match ups..who cares how old they are, it'd be great for the sport..

I agree with you their, Any one of them in a match would be great.

[iron mike tyson]

hows calzaghe-hopkins gonna be possible now :S
if calzaghe ****s hes hands up against manfredo were ****ed

[Pugilistic™]

i think calzaghe would lose to both fighters obvilously depending at what weight which it is most likely light heavy

[deuce_drop]

hows calzaghe-hopkins gonna be possible now :S
if calzaghe ****s hes hands up against manfredo were ****ed

which is very possible..................and probably what is going to happen, just to drag it out longer.

[Piggu]

It's a little hard for me to see him beating O'Neil Bell.

[GEOFFHAYES]

i think calzaghe would lose to both fighters obvilously depending at what weight which it is most likely light heavy

Me too.

His only real hope against Hopkins would be to out-work him, and Jones can take him out if he really wants to (Calzaghe is too square-on).

[oldgringo]

It's a little hard for me to see him beating O'Neil Bell.

Would you have ever thought that Bell would have life and death struggles with Dale Brown? A very large number of people actually thought Brown beat him (myself included) by a comfortable margin.

Bell is inconsistent and his win over Mormeck isn't a great marker of how he'll perform in the future. Add to this that he hasn't fought in ages...I think Hop might be able to topple him.